diff --git a/src/docstring_inheritance/docstring_inheritors/bases/inheritor.py b/src/docstring_inheritance/docstring_inheritors/bases/inheritor.py
index 484165a..2512fa6 100644
--- a/src/docstring_inheritance/docstring_inheritors/bases/inheritor.py
+++ b/src/docstring_inheritance/docstring_inheritors/bases/inheritor.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class BaseDocstringInheritor:
     MISSING_ARG_DESCRIPTION: ClassVar[str] = "The description is missing."
     """The fall back description for a method argument without a description."""
 
-    INHERIT_SECTION_TAG: ClassVar[str] = "__inherit_section_doc__"
+    INHERIT_SECTION_PLACEHOLDER: ClassVar[str] = "__inherit_doc__"
     """Placeholder used to indicate that a section docstring shall be inherited."""
 
     _MISSING_ARG_TEXT: ClassVar[str]
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def _filters_inherited_sections(
         for key, item in tuple(sections.items()):
             if isinstance(item, dict):
                 cls._filters_inherited_sections(cast(SectionsType, item))
-            elif item.strip().startswith(cls.INHERIT_SECTION_TAG):
+            elif item.strip().startswith(cls.INHERIT_SECTION_PLACEHOLDER):
                 del sections[key]
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/src/docstring_inheritance/docstring_inheritors/numpy.py b/src/docstring_inheritance/docstring_inheritors/numpy.py
index f30ff21..1778ad6 100644
--- a/src/docstring_inheritance/docstring_inheritors/numpy.py
+++ b/src/docstring_inheritance/docstring_inheritors/numpy.py
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ def _parse_one_section(
 
 
 class NumpyDocstringInheritor(BaseDocstringInheritor):
-    _MISSING_ARG_TEXT: ClassVar[
-        str
-    ] = f"\n    {BaseDocstringInheritor.MISSING_ARG_DESCRIPTION}"
+    _MISSING_ARG_TEXT = f"\n    {BaseDocstringInheritor.MISSING_ARG_DESCRIPTION}"
     _DOCSTRING_PARSER = DocstringParser
     _DOCSTRING_RENDERER = DocstringRenderer
diff --git a/tests/test_base_inheritor.py b/tests/test_base_inheritor.py
index e54b03e..fbd8790 100644
--- a/tests/test_base_inheritor.py
+++ b/tests/test_base_inheritor.py
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ def test_inherit_section_items_with_args(func, section_items, expected):
         ({}, {}),
         ({"": ""}, {"": ""}),
         ({"": {"": ""}}, {"": {"": ""}}),
-        ({"": "__inherit_section_doc__"}, {}),
-        ({"": "__inherit_section_doc__", "a": ""}, {"a": ""}),
-        ({"": {"": "__inherit_section_doc__"}}, {"": {}}),
-        ({"": {"": "__inherit_section_doc__", "a": ""}}, {"": {"a": ""}}),
+        ({"": "__inherit_doc__"}, {}),
+        ({"": "__inherit_doc__", "a": ""}, {"a": ""}),
+        ({"": {"": "__inherit_doc__"}}, {"": {}}),
+        ({"": {"": "__inherit_doc__", "a": ""}}, {"": {"a": ""}}),
     ),
 )
 def test_filter_inherited_sections(sections, expected):